Arizona Bowls Get Together

The foundation behind the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., acquired Tucson’s struggling Copper Bowl, which offered Utah and Wisconsin a total of only $2 million to play last Dec. 27, and still needed a $73,683 infusion from the Tucson City Council to pay its bills. . . . Ketric Sanford, the University of Houston’s leading rusher, underwent an emergency appendectomy. He might return Oct. 18.